Animals and plants in Chinese religions and science. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Huaiyu Chen.
• Authors: Chen, Huaiyu, 1974-
• Contents: <p style="text-align: justify;">Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Charts; Introduction; Plant Science and Technology in Medieval China; Ordering Plants in the Buddhist World: A Medieval Botanical Taxonomy; Animal Divination and Climate: An Environmental Perspective on the Cult of the Pig; Zoomancy in Medieval China; The Changing Images of Zodiac Animals in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Literature; The Were-Tigers in Medieval China and Its Asian Context; The Animal Turn in Asian Studies and the Asian Turn in the Animal Studies; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: 202.1209510902; Animals -- Religious aspects; Plants -- Religious aspects; Science -- China -- History -- To 1500; China -- Religion -- To 1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839985034; 9781839985027
• Related ISBNs: 9781839985010
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